Ohhhh yes, an entire post devoted to the best state ever! I mean really, just Google search " Greatest city in America ." What do you get? Baltimore, MARYLAND. And which state is called, " America in miniature ?" None other than MARYLAND... and for good reason! We've got the ocean, rivers, mountains, the city, country, and the beach. What more could you possibly ask for from a teeny tiny little state? (The 9th smallest state to be exact!) As soon as I saw that the Techie Turtle Teacher started a Maryland Blog Hop via TPT, I was ecstatic to get on this and collaborate with some fellow MD teacher bloggers!   First things first, be sure to click the picture above to download my new measurement FREEBIE !  Please note that this will only be free during the blog hop, and will be available for sale starting February 21st, 2016. My first grade friends are exploring measurement by different non-standard units.  Using a variety of measurement tools helps them u...

^ The snowpocalypse   weekend to be exact. Maryland hasn't seen this much snow in quite a while, and this blizzard sure did some damage.  Living in the city, I had the luxury of being able to leave the house every day whether it was to go for a short walk to the bars (which all were in fact open) or head up the street to the park and go sledding.  Of course parking has been and will continue to be a nightmare until the mounds of snow finally melt away.  Believe it or not, there are still many streets here that have yet to be touched by a plow.  People here have been territorial of the parking spots they broke their backs to shovel out, but come on guys, we're all in this together .  I think the cabin fever has got to us all.  Hopefully, if you were affected by the snow this weekend, you were able to get out and enjoy the beauty of it all in some way. Before all the snow fell, we read The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.  Then we made magic snow paint and created these snowy...